Was the Irish Parliamentary Party’s support for the war popular in Dublin?

Who joined the British armed forces and why?

Were the recuits men who had lost their jobs after the great Dublin strike or Lockout of 1913-14?

Were they”written out of history” after Irish independence?

What would have happened had the authorities attempted to impose conscription?

Padraig Yeates is journalist and historian. He has written, Lockout: Dublin 1913, the history of the great Dublin strike of that year. He is currently public relations consultant to the trade union Siptu. Listen to previous interview with him here and here.